A psychologist was interested in the effect of hunger on psychological disturbances. The psychologist deprived half of a group of healthy volunteers of food for one day and fed the other half normally. The next day, all participants took the MMPI-2. What was the independent variable?

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The independent variable is the level of food deprivation because it is the condition that the psychologist manipulates to observe its effect on psychological disturbances, as measured by the MMPI-2.

A Psychologist Was Interested in the Effect of Hunger on Psychological